Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-15
MYSTERIOUS pOISONS.
THE DEADLY RESULTS OF DEcOM.
POSITION IN ANIMAL TISSUES.


THE DEADLY ReSulTS or OtCOm'
POSITION IN ANIMAL TISSUES.
Tn. l,,-rs.,,,~ S.r,.. os po,.ou. Know,
.
They originsts-Probsbiiity That They
Frequently Cause Death.
Among the Investigations and discover
les OF modern science there Is perhaps no
subject of more interest or lar reaching
Importance, In general rs well as III
medico- legal sense than that oI ptomalnes,
or that series of newly discovered polsons
-cadaNeric aikaloids-w are evolved
from The decomposition OF animal tissue.
Francesca Seimi, OF bouiogne, IN loso-
who was perhaps the nrst TO discover, or
al least TO publish an Intelligent account
OF these poisons-apphed to them the term
'ptoinaine, As indicating that they
were of cadaverie origin, l. e.,
arising frum the decomposition or
putrescehce oi amman tissues. more re-
cent Investigations, however, seem To
prove that they may also oe de'elopei as
result OF normal tissue change IN the
living animal, or even from Ihe de)ecta or
excretlons OF the living organism Ihe
attehtioh Oh the studious puoiic mas oeeh
IN the past lew years attracted 10 TINS
SUBJECT with Justihabie curiosity ana ln-
terest. Inc reason Tor TINS Is that the
Ptou1alnes, at the same time that th"y are
such deadly poisons' are naturally defel-
oped IN the cadaSer or dead pody. or IN
any dead tissue IN about iorty-eisht hours
after death' ana turther' that upon ahaiy-
most powerful aikaioidai 'eSetal polsohs
since these facts oecahie Known the!
have been eagerly seized upon ana used
effectively by clever lawyers IN the de
Tense OF their clients IN murder trials both
IN TINS country ana hngiand'
IL Is impossioie oy an! known chemhcai /
processes 10 aehniteiS ue'stnihe these
P'oh'aihe po's"is IN "eu'c"-ieeai cases ot
poisoning, ior instance as tney give, as
peiore s'a'eu' 'ie sahe reac.ions Oh oests
as are gwen oy 'he principal anu hiost
powerful Neeetat aikaiolds- one can
readily imagine case IN point that might
arise at any ume as test medico-ieeai
case OF muraer or SO 'pected huruet oy
poisoning anu III "hca might oe involved
'ne su''' UT ,huoehss' .he ne or uea'n OF
,ne accused. TOT ei"r lor'S SeienI
ho"rs or thereappu's suosequeht 10 uea'h
we are aoie 10 evolve ironl the tissues or
organs Oh ,,'e c'rlse poison 'hat VII,
auswet !" MI 'ne us's "i 'ile mann ,ese'aA
alNaioius' anu ~"''n mas "en e.o'," IN
'he TISSUES oi 'he NATURAL results Oh ue-
composition, we nave surely iost our CT
"l'on anu 'he .es's are Vi no A'ai. Soh-
'erseiS' ~ Is p"'en' e"e'ers o,'e wna'
VIDE heiu TINS iea'es open iof the hideous
"ofh vi ."o efn,i,aA fo'So"et' anu 'ne III
hiost certainty Vi iiis escape irom Jhstlce'
Inc chemicai cnarac'erisucs OF tnese
Ptoma'hes SO lar known are tnat they
occur se.eEau! an'orpnous IN iorln Ana
aihaiii'e III feae'io,,, 'ie! efe uns,apie anu
volatile OF easu! 1lteiao'e, that .nes form
crystalline sai's WIN ACIDS. "heh ex-
poseo 10 'he ar ana aIio"eu 10 oNSdiAe
ir"m 'ne pss,c iorh 'hes emit very us
aereeapte ca"aNelous or pu.Lescen, cuors'
ou' III 'neir CONTAMINATION Win acius iorna-
ing saits 'ieif oiots are seheraii! cnaheed,
resembling ''ia' vi 'ne oranse' fioie' aiio
niusN.
opo,r 'ie eNn'u'''", vi Po,sohouS ooSe
SeheFaii! hlJe''eu unuer 'he shin Tue loi-
lowing 'oAie ssnpeo'ns raPuis eisue'
Dia'ion oi .ne PuPln, muscular reiaHa-
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.onliH ,! anu ~ .ueous ssios, s,
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